Here are some resources related to LINQ or Language Integrated Query.

Books

• Professional LINQ (Programmer to Programmer)

  • This is a pretty good book. I won it in as a door prize at my local .NET user group. It quickly covers LINQ, LINQ to Objects, LINQ to XML and LINQ to SQL providing broad overview without getting bogged down in too many details. A good first book on LINQ.

• Microsoft has a couple of books including some free chapters that you can find on their supporting web site.

Scott Gu's Weblog Series on LINQ

• Part 1: Introduction to LINQ to SQL

• Part 2: Defining our Data Model Classes

• Part 3: Querying our Database

• Part 4: Updating our Database

• Part 5: Binding UI using the ASP:LinqDataSource Control

• Part 6: Retrieving Data Using Stored Procedures

• Part 7: Updating our Database using Stored Procedures

• Part 8: Executing Custom SQL Expressions

• Part 9 - Using a Custom LINQ Expression with the <asp:LinqDatasource> control

• Understanding LINQ to SQL Query Translations

Scott also has some video's/webcasts

• Video: Using LINQ with ASP.NET in VS "Orcas" (Part 1)

Design

There's been some noise good and bad about whether or not LINQ to SQL supports good design paradigm's such as n-tier design. I'm trying to round up some links related to this:

• N-Tier and Remote Applications with LINQ to SQL on MSDN. Drill down for related articles.

• Enterprise Application Architecture with LINQ to SQL By Rohit Gadagkar on code project

Unit Testing

Like the design issues there's lots of discuss around LINQ testability, expecially around support for Test Drive Design.

• Awkward Testability for Linq for SQL. See the reponse from Scott Gu point out this resource by Ian Cooper

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